KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or King, 306/5-301 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.87 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 310-301 BC. VF.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or King, 306/5-301 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.87 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; KA monogram in left field, crescent below throne. CNG E-308, lot 54 (same obv. die), otherwise unpublished, but cf. Price 1825 for a drachm of this issue. Toned, some light cleaning marks on obverse, slight doubling on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, one of two examples known.

From the David Welsh Collection.

The Alexander type drachms of Kolophon are among the most common Alexander type coins known. However, there are no published Alexander type tetradrachms from this mint until the time of Lysimachos. Among the other Alexander drachm mints of western Asia Minor, each did strike at least limited issues of tetradrachms, so the appearance of a tetradrachm at Kolophon during its early period of Alexander issues is not unexpected.

Closing Date and Time: 19 July 2023 at 10:24:00 ET.

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